At the age of 25, Columba's first mission involved the establishment of a school at Derry. Following this, Columba spent seven years allegedly establishing over 300 churches and church schools. Adamnan says of Columba:

He could not pass the space even of a single hour without applying himself either to prayer, or reading, or writing, or else to some manual labor.

In 563, Columba sailed to Scotland with about 200 other missionaries hoping to spread Celtic

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